Cast to a struct in expressions

[Daniel Berlin]

"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@is.elta.co.il> writes:

> Should the following work?
> 
>   (gdb) p/x *(struct {long foo; unsigned bar;} *)foobar
> 
> It doesn't seem to work for me; GDB complains thusly:
Correct.

> 
>   A parse error in expression, near `long foo; unsigned bar} *)foobar
> 
> Seems like the parser chokes on the struct declaration?
Yes.
>   Am I missing something?
Yes, I think. The parser only handles expressions, nothing more.
This is why it's c-exp.y, and not c.y.
:)

If you have a real struct already defined, of course, and di

p/x *(sturct foostruct *)foobar

then *that* should work.
--dan

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